US 11,737,727 B2
Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus
Hideo Onodera, Nasushiobara (JP); Shingo Toyoda, Utsunomiya (JP); Shinichiro Kikuchi, Otawara (JP); Shuta Fujiwara, Nasushiobara (JP); and Yuji Kuwana, Otawara (JP)
Assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara (JP)
Filed by CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Otawara (JP)
Filed on Oct. 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/63,835.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-184462 (JP), filed on Oct. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0100529 A1, Apr. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); F16M 11/42 (2006.01); B60B 1/00 (2006.01); B62B 1/00 (2006.01); F16M 11/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/4405 (2013.01) [A61B 8/4209 (2013.01); A61B 8/4427 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); A61B 8/56 (2013.01); A61B 8/54 (2013.01); B60B 1/00 (2013.01); B62B 1/00 (2013.01); F16M 11/24 (2013.01); F16M 11/42 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
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1. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, comprising:
a body configured to send and receive ultrasonic waves to generate an ultrasonic image;
a plurality of wheels configured to support and move the body;
an assist wheel electrically driven and configured to assist movement of the body;
a wheel elevating switch;
a handlebar configured to move the body, wherein the wheel elevating switch is provided on the handlebar and is configured to detect whether the handlebar is gripped by a user; and
control circuitry configured to
control switching between grounded and ungrounded states of the assist wheel to a floor by raising and lowering the assist wheel in response to a signal from the wheel elevating switch provided on the handlebar, and
ground the assist wheel when the handlebar is gripped and unground the assist wheel when the handlebar is not gripped.